People on the Move - 2006

DECEMBER 22

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

LINDEN GROUP INC., Homewood: Grant W. Currier, 43, to vice-president, from senior associate.

CONSUMER SERVICES
HOLIDAY INN NORTH SHORE, Skokie: Ebrahim Valliani, 22, to sales manager, from front office supervisor in the operations and room division.

GOVERNMENT

CITY OF COUNTRYSIDE, Countryside: Dudley Onderdonk, 57, to director of community and economic development, from director of community development for the village of Gurnee. He replaces Mark Muenzer, 39, who left the municipality.

LAW
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP, Tampa: Mark Nora, 54, to partner in the real estate section, from senior counsel. t vice-president in the office services group, in Chicago, from vice-president.





REAL ESTATE

GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Chicago: John Ziesmer, 47, to senior vice president, from senior vice president at Trammel Crow Co. Also, Scott Ubersox, 31, to vice president; Michael Marrion, 34, to senior associate; Rachel Waymire, 24, to associate; Gregory Tait, 26 , to associate; all from Trammell Crow.

PRIME GROUP REALTY TRUST, Chicago: Nancy J. Fendley, 38, to executive vice-president of leasing, from vice-president of leasing at Trizec Properties Inc. She replaces Daniel J. Nikitas, 47, who left the company.

RISE GROUP LLC, Chicago: Bruce Watts, 48, to senior vice-president, from vice-president at Bovis Lend Lease Inc.

RUBENSTEIN PARTNERS LP, Philadelphia: Brian Lipson, 49, to managing principal, from executive vice president and chief investment officer at Trizec Properties Inc.







DECEMBER 15

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

ECKENHOFF SAUNDERS ARCHITECTS, Chicago: William Lampkin, 57, and Matthew J. Wylie, 45, to principal, from associate principal. Also, Jeff Conner, 38, and Michael Vinci, 43, to associate principal, from associate.

EN ENGINEERING LLC, Woodridge: David Schramm, 50, to vice-president and senior project manager, from director of pipeline integrity and corrosion services. Also, David Klimas, 39, to director of business development and continuing as senior project manager.

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS, Elmhurst: Timothy M. Clark, 26, to project engineer, from purchasing estimator at Ryland Homes. Also, Rob Frazzini, 37, to project administrator, from project coordinator at Metal Erectors.

REAL ESTATE

BPG PROPERTIES LTD., Philadelphia: Matthew Latimer, 31, to associate in Chicago, from associate vice-president at Rockwood Realty.

CAWLEY CHICAGO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, Downers Grove: Demetri Gofis, 32, Terry Grapenthin, 26, and Steve Murphy, 49, to managing director, from associate.

COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER INC., Chicago: James R. Estus, 51, to executive vice-president in the industrial services group, from senior director at Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois Inc. Also, David N. Bilfeld, 28, to senior vice-president, from senior associate and director of the national multihousing group at Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co.

PRIME GROUP REALTY TRUST, Chicago: Nancy J. Fendley, 38, to executive vice-president of leasing, from vice-president at Trizec Properties Inc.

DECEMBER 8

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

HOK, St. Louis: Sheryl Schulze, 44, to director of interiors in Chicago, from senior projects manager at the Environments Group. She replaces Tish Kruse, 43, who left the company.

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Chicago: Loranne Zeman Ehlenbach, 42, Brent W. Felitto, 40, and Daniel E. McLean, 58, to board members. Ms. Ehlenbach is director of the John and Loranne Ehlenbach Foundation and co-manager of Team E-I and Team E-II; Mr. Felitto is a principal at William Blair & Co., and Mr. McLean is president and CEO at MCL Cos.

REAL ESTATE

BAIRD & WARNER, Chicago: Jennifer Alter Warden, 52, to president, from senior vice-president of marketing.

GLADSTONE HOMES, North Aurora: Scott Fabini, 49, to new home specialist, from new home consultant at Lennar Homes.

SENIOR LIFESTYLE CORP., Chicago: Jennifer Avila, 38, to sales and marketing director of the Breakers at Edgewater Beach, from sales and marketing specialist at Brookdale Senior Living. Also, Deanna Taddei, 33, to sales and marketing director of Lincolnwood Place, from marketing director at Home Health of Illinois.

DECEMBER 1

FINANCIAL SERVICES

PLANTE & MORAN PLLC, Chicago: Aaron Baker, 28, and Jason Carano, 30, to manager of the manufacturing and distribution practice, from staff in charge of manufacturing and distribution. Also, Jennifer Kokaska, 30, and Jamie Ryan, 28, to manager of the real estate and construction practice, from staff in charge of real estate and construction; Jenny Kolpien, 31, and John LaVoie, 45, to tax manager, from tax senior, and Tim Martinez, 30, to manager of the global services practice, from consultant.

NOVEMBER 24

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

RADIUS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, Clinton, Mass.: Sean Corbin, 32, to team leader in Chicago, from lead product design engineer at Apple Computer Inc. in Cupertino, Calif. Also, Keith Grider, 42, to mechanical engineer, from senior mechanical engineer and project engineer at Fitch Product Development in Columbus, Ohio; Jason Murphy, 33, to implementation specialist, from senior plastics molding engineer at Interplex Industries Inc. in Flushing, N.Y.; Abby Sturges, 25, to designer, from product designer and researcher at Pactiv Corp., and Joseph Tokich, 46, to director of product development, from director of quality and implementation.

REAL ESTATE

DUBIN RESIDENTIAL, Chicago: Derek LaDuke, 43, to vice-president of development, from operations manager at Town & Country Homes.

GREEBY COS., Lake Bluff: Michael T. Greeby, 33, to executive vice-president, from vice-president.

LENNAR HOMES, Miami: Deborah Haddad, 50, to senior vice-president of the urban homebuilding division in Chicago, from vice-president of land acquisition in the urban land division.

LORD COS. LLC, Chicago: Philip Burnstine, 50, to broker associate, from broker partner at Keller Williams Realty.

METROPOLITAN PROPERTIES OF CHICAGO, Chicago: Mary K. Vidinich, 41, to vice-president and continuing as controller.

ORIX REAL ESTATE CAPITAL INC., Chicago: Ronald W. Koretz, 39, to vice-president of portfolio management and investor relations, from senior vice-president of asset management at CMD Investors.

RIIS BORG CONSTRUCTION CO., Chicago: Andy vanWaardenburg, 47, to vice-president and group manager, from vice-president at Paul H. Schwendener Inc.

SERVICES

TRUE PARTNERS CONSULTING LLC, Chicago: Robert J. McDonald, 47, to managing director, from partner in the federal income tax group and Midwest-area tax services leader for the real estate, construction and hospitality industries at KPMG LLP.

NOVEMBER 17

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

LEGAT ARCHITECTS INC., Waukegan: Bill Hakim, 40, to vice-president of health care, from vice-president and senior project manager at PFB Architects.

LUCIEN LAGRANGE ARCHITECTS, Chicago: Wayne Miller, 55, to principal, from associate principal. Also, Michael Maurer, 38, and Heather Weed, 39, to senior associate, from associate.

NOVEMBER 10

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

CTE, Chicago: Amar Rajpurkar, 39, to vice-president and Midwest transportation practice leader, from associate vice-president and marketing director.

CHARLES VINCENT GEORGE DESIGN GROUP INC., Naperville: Jeff Lietz, 35, to vice-president of commercial architecture, from project manager.

RIHA DESIGN GROUP, Chicago: Lynne Jackson, 55, to vice-president of strategic planning, from vice-president of planning, marketing and sales at Fordham Co.

NON-PROFITS

U.S. FUND FOR UNICEF, New York: Laurence S. Geller, 58, to member of the president's council for the Midwest region in Chicago and continuing as president and CEO at Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc.

REAL ESTATE

MAGELLAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC, Chicago: Leila Zammatta, 41, to senior vice-president of sales and continuing as president of Magellan Realty LLC.

MERCHANDISE MART PROPERTIES INC., Chicago: Mark Wetzel, 48, to senior vice-president of finance, from senior vice-president and chief accounting officer at Equity Residential.

MOHR PARTNERS INC., Dallas: Chris Bargowski, 40, to managing partner in Chicago, from managing director. Also, Dave Tornes, 45, to managing partner, from senior vice-president of corporate solutions at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

NAI HIFFMAN, Oakbrook Terrace: David A. Petersen, 53, to director of portfolio services, from principal and senior vice-president at Trammell Crow Co.

NOVEMBER 3

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

CANNON DESIGN, Grand Island, N.Y.: Vojo Narancic, 50, to principal in Chicago, from head of design and vice-president at Legat Architects.

OPTIMUM OPTIONS INC., Chicago: Jennifer King, 28, to design coordinator, from selections coordinator at Dubin Residential.

REAL ESTATE

BELGRAVIA GROUP LTD., Chicago: Jerry Goldner, 49, to managing director of Belgravia Acquisitions Group, from vice-president and head of acquisitions and brokerage at Arthur Goldner & Associates Inc.

INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT GROUP, Northbrook: Matthew Phillips, 45, to president, from senior vice-president of new business at Classic Residence by Hyatt.

KOENIG & STREY GMAC REAL ESTATE, Wilmette: Linnea Jacobs, 52, to director of training, from branch executive.

LENNAR HOMES, Miami: Britta Rivera, 39, to vice-president of sales for the urban homebuilding division in Chicago, from vice-president of sales at Terrapin Properties LLC.

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